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Risk Factors and Characteristics for 2020 NC Resident Live Births: By Maternal Medicaid Status
  TOTAL MOTHER'S MEDICAID STATUS:
Prenatal Medicaid1 Emergency Medicaid2 Non-Medicaid
Births Births Births Births
# % # % # % # %
TOTAL RESIDENT BIRTHS 116,755 100.0 55,332 47.4 7,022 6.0 54,401 46.6
RACE/ETHNICITY: 61,815 52.9 23,410 42.3 45 0.6 38,360 70.5
...White, Non-Hispanic
...Black, Non-Hispanic 28,545 24.4 21,581 39.0 72 1.0 6,892 12.7
...Am. Ind., Non-Hispanic 1,503 1.3 1,180 2.1 0 0 323 0.6
...Other, Non-Hispanic 5,443 4.7 1,610 2.9 72 1.0 3,761 6.9
...Hispanic 19,449 16.7 7,551 13.6 6,833 97.3 5,065 9.3
BIRTHWEIGHT GROUP: 258 0.2 152 0.3 8 0.1 98 0.2
...Less than 500 grams
...500-1499 grams 1,716 1.5 1,038 1.9 80 1.1 598 1.1
...1500-2499 grams 9,159 7.8 5,520 10.0 459 6.5 3,180 5.8
...2500+ grams 105,583 90.4 48,611 87.9 6,473 92.2 50,499 92.8
...Unknown 39 0.0 11 0.0 2 0.0 26 0.0
(OBSTETRIC) WEEKS OF GESTATION: 754 0.6 447 0.8 42 0.6 265 0.5
...< 27 weeks
...27-31 weeks 1,374 1.2 836 1.5 57 0.8 481 0.9
...32-36 weeks 10,474 9.0 5,713 10.3 613 8.7 4,148 7.6
...37+ weeks 104,109 89.2 48,308 87.3 6,309 89.8 49,492 91.0
...Unknown 44 0.0 28 0.1 1 0.0 15 0.0
MOTHER'S AGE: 1,421 1.2 1,210 2.2 92 1.3 119 0.2
...< 18 years
...18-34 years 95,491 81.8 48,496 87.6 5,132 73.1 41,863 77.0
...35+ years 19,841 17.0 5,625 10.2 1,798 25.6 12,418 22.8
...Unknown 2 0.0 1 0.0 0 0 1 0.0
MOTHER'S EDUCATION: 14,502 12.4 8,967 16.2 4,249 60.5 1,286 2.4
...Less than High School
...High School Graduate or GED 29,297 25.1 21,448 38.8 1,889 26.9 5,960 11.0
...Some College 34,772 29.8 19,659 35.5 539 7.7 14,574 26.8
...Bachelors Degree 24,232 20.8 4,170 7.5 219 3.1 19,843 36.5
...Masters or PhD 13,630 11.7 935 1.7 35 0.5 12,660 23.3
...Unknown 322 0.3 153 0.3 91 1.3 78 0.1
MARITAL STATUS: 67,767 58.0 17,551 31.7 2,726 38.8 47,490 87.3
...Married
...Unmarried 48,937 41.9 37,759 68.2 4,296 61.2 6,882 12.7
...Unknown 51 0.0 22 0.0 0 0 29 0.1
PARITY: 37,391 32.0 16,321 29.5 1,164 16.6 19,906 36.6
...1
...2-3 53,359 45.7 24,063 43.5 3,232 46.0 26,064 47.9
...4+ 25,928 22.2 14,901 26.9 2,622 37.3 8,405 15.5
...Unknown 77 0.1 47 0.1 4 0.1 26 0.0
PLURALITY: 112,818 96.6 53,377 96.5 6,872 97.9 52,569 96.6
...Singleton
...Twin 3,820 3.3 1,904 3.4 144 2.1 1,772 3.3
...Other Multiples 117 0.1 51 0.1 6 0.1 60 0.1
METHOD OF DELIVERY: 81,779 70.0 38,578 69.7 5,276 75.1 37,925 69.7
...Vaginal
...C-Section 34,935 29.9 16,735 30.2 1,744 24.8 16,456 30.2
...Unknown 41 0.0 19 0.0 2 0.0 20 0.0
TRIMESTER CARE BEGAN: 85,386 73.1 36,652 66.2 3,737 53.2 44,997 82.7
...First
...Second 21,182 18.1 12,921 23.4 2,325 33.1 5,936 10.9
...Third 5,447 4.7 3,240 5.9 528 7.5 1,679 3.1
...No care 3,313 2.8 1,834 3.3 280 4.0 1,199 2.2
...Unknown 1,427 1.2 685 1.2 152 2.2 590 1.1
KOTELCHUCK INDEX: 1,894 1.6 907 1.6 219 3.1 768 1.4
...Missing
...Inadequate 19,690 16.9 11,876 21.5 2,066 29.4 5,748 10.6
...Intermediate 7,881 6.8 3,590 6.5 712 10.1 3,579 6.6
...Adequate 35,830 30.7 15,635 28.3 1,936 27.6 18,259 33.6
...Adequate Plus 51,460 44.1 23,324 42.2 2,089 29.7 26,047 47.9
PLACE OF DELIVERY: 115,013 98.5 54,880 99.2 7,013 99.9 53,120 97.6
...Hospital
...Home Birth (Intentional or not) 869 0.7 135 0.2 7 0.1 727 1.3
...Other 873 0.7 317 0.6 2 0.0 554 1.0
MOTHER SMOKED? 7,923 6.8 7,049 12.7 15 0.2 859 1.6
...Yes
...No 108,790 93.2 48,261 87.2 7,007 99.8 53,522 98.4
...Unknown 42 0.0 22 0.0 0 0 20 0.0
PRE-PREGNANCY BMI: 3,399 2.9 2,096 3.8 92 1.3 1,211 2.2
...Underweight (<18.5)
...Normal (18.5-24.9) 44,828 38.4 18,276 33.0 2,125 30.3 24,427 44.9
...Overweight (25.0-29.9) 30,203 25.9 13,467 24.3 2,425 34.5 14,311 26.3
...Obese (30.0+) 36,067 30.9 20,372 36.8 2,079 29.6 13,616 25.0
...Unknown 2,258 1.9 1,121 2.0 301 4.3 836 1.5
INFANT BEING BREASTFED AT DISCHARGE: 94,289 80.8 39,105 70.7 6,125 87.2 49,059 90.2
...Yes
...No 22,125 18.9 16,111 29.1 896 12.8 5,118 9.4
...Unknown 341 0.3 116 0.2 1 0.0 224 0.4
MOTHER'S WIC STATUS: 43,009 36.8 34,488 62.3 4,533 64.6 3,988 7.3
...Prenatal WIC
...No Prenatal WIC 73,746 63.2 20,844 37.7 2,489 35.4 50,413 92.7